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A FINE AND RARE RU-TYPE JARDINIERE YONGZHENG SEAL MARK AND PERIOD
Description
- porcelain
Condition
"In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective, qualified opinion. Prospective buyers should also refer to any Important Notices regarding this sale, which are printed in the Sale Catalogue.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF BUSINESS PRINTED IN THE SALE CATALOGUE."
Catalogue Note
No other Ru-type jardinière of this exact form appears to be published. Variations on the form are known, although these are extremely rare as well. Compare a jardinière of related size but with different outline and raised on bracket feet, in the Zandelou collection, published in Zandelou Qingdai guanyao danseyou ciqi/Qing Imperial Monochromes. The Zandelou Collection, Shanghai Museum, Beijing Museum and Art Museum, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2005, cat. no. 13. Another smaller Yongzheng mark and period clair-de-lune jardinière of similar simple rectangular flared form, but with additional recessed panels on the sides and the seal mark written in a line, was sold at Christie’s New York, 15th September 2011, lot 1575. Another covered with a celadon glaze, from the Wang Xing Lou collection, was included in the exhibition Imperial Perfection. The Palace Porcelain of Three Chinese Emperors, the Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Minneapolis, 2004, cat. no. 67, which notes that these vessels are used in China for penjing (potted landscapes) and were popular in the Qing dynasty for miniature gardens or bonsai trees (p. 182). Compare also a large rectangular jardinière with robin’s egg glaze and Yongzheng mark, exhibited in Chen Yuh-Shiow ed., ibid., cat. no. I-16.